Ihotele yaseRaffles yaseSingapore ibhengeze izicwangciso zayo zokuqhubeka nesithethe sayo soncwadi esaqala ukusukela ngo-1887, xa ababhali abadumileyo kunye noonoveli abafana noRudyard Kipling noJoseph Conrad bahlala nehotele edumileyo. Ukulandela ukuvulwa kwakhona kwepropathi ye-iconic ngo-Agasti emva kokubuyiselwa ngononophelo kunye novelwano, iRaffles Hotel yaseSingapore yazisa iNkqubo entsha yokuHlala yoMbhali kwaye yamkele umva iBar yababhali, inika imbeko kubabhali abadumileyo abahlala ehotele ukusukela ngo-1900.
Isekwe njengembeko kubenzi bamagama abathe bangena ngeengcango zeRaffles Hotel Singapore kule minyaka idlulileyo kwaye njengembeko ekukhuliseni ilifa loncwadi, yi-iconic Writers Bar. Ifumaneka kwiGrand Lobby, iBhari yabaBhali ngoku yandisiwe yaya kutsho kwibhari epheleleyo kwaye ihonjiswe ngempahla ebekwe ngobunewunewu, izikhumbuzo ezigcinwe ngothando kunye neencwadi, zibhekisa kwilifa loncwadi lweRaffles.
Ikhokelwa liqela leengcali zemixube enobuchule, iBhari yeBhari inikezela ngewayini, iispirit kunye ne-bespoke craft cocktails ezidalwe ukubhiyozela ubugcisa begama elibhaliweyo. Ukubhiyozela ihotele yokuqala yoMbhali-kwindawo yokuhlala, iqela lenze uthotho lwee-cocktails eziphefumlelwe nguPico Iyer kunye nomsebenzi wakhe, Oku kunokuba liKhaya. Igcinwe ngokukhethekileyo kubahlali kunye nabathengi bevenkile yokutyela (ngogcino lwangaphambili), ibha yindawo yokusabela ephucukileyo kwaye epholileyo yobuhle obuqondayo kunye neencoko ezisondeleleneyo.
“Ihotele yaseRaffles yaseSingapore kudala idlala iminyuziyamu kubabhali abadumileyo nabasakhasayo ngokufanayo. INkqubo yokuHlala yoMbhali isetelwe ukuvuselela ilifa leencwadi elimiliselwe nzulu kwi-Raffles ethos. Ngenjongo yokukhulisa iitalente zokubhala zexesha elizayo, inkqubo ijonge ukuhambisa inkuthazo ngaphakathi kweendawo ezikhethekileyo zeRaffles Hotel eSingapore ebuyiselweyo, ngakumbi ngeBhari yababhali ehlaziyiweyo. Zombini inkqubo kunye nebar zidlala indima ekuzibopheleleni kwethu ngokuqhubekayo ekunxibelelaniseni ixesha elidlulileyo nelikhoyo ngobugcisa bokubhala, ngelixa sinikela imbeko kwizikhanyiso zethu ezidumileyo zokufunda nokubhala. " utshilo uChristian Westbeld, uMphathi Jikelele, iRaffles Hotel Singapore.
INkqubo yokuQala yokuHlala yabaBhali linyathelo elitsha eliyilelwe ukuyila nokukhulisa umbhobho wetalente yokubhala yokuyila nokubandakanya ababhali ngerekhodi yokugqwesa kokuyila, ibakhuthaza kwaye ibavuselela kwimisebenzi yoncwadi emitsha. Njengenxalenye yale nkqubo, ihotele iya kubamba ababhali ababini ngonyaka ukuya kutsho kwiiveki ezine, ubude bexesha elithile buxhomekeke kuhlobo lomsebenzi owenziwayo. Ijikelezwe yindawo ebukekayo yobukoloniyali obungasemva kunye nezinto zayo ezahlukileyo, iRaffles yaseSingapore esanda kubuyiselwa ibonelela ngemekobume ekhethekileyo enika ababhali ithuba lokurhoxa, ukubonakalisa kunye nokutsala impefumlelo kumabali aneminyaka eli-132 ubudala agcinwe ngaphakathi kweendonga zehotele. .
Le nkqubo ivulelekile kubo bobabini ababhali basekhaya nabamazwe ngamazwe, abaneminyaka eyi-18 ubudala nangaphezulu. Bonke ababhali abanomdla nabasele bemile bayamenywa ukuba bangenise isishwankathelo esicetywayo seziqwenga zabo ezicwangcisiweyo ukuze ziqwalaselwe ligqiza elichongiweyo elenziwe ngabameli beRaffles Hotel Singapore kunye nababhali abahlonitshwa kakhulu kulo mmandla.
Owokuqala umenyiwe uMbhali-okwiNdawo yokuhlala ngumbhali wembali waseBritane kunye nombhali wenoveli, uPico Iyer, othathwa ngabaninzi njengoyena mbhali ubalaseleyo wokuhambahamba emhlabeni. Ethatha ixesha elininzi lokuhlala kwakhe eRaffles Hotel eSingapore kule minyaka ingama-35 idlulileyo, umbhali othengisa kakhulu weencwadi ezingaphezu kweshumi elinesibini uphonononga indlela iSingapore kunye neRaffles Hotel yaseSingapore iqhubekile nokuvela kwimbali ngelixa ihlangabezana neemfuno ezihlala zitshintsha zabantu kwincwadi yakhe yamva nje. , Oku kunokuba liKhaya: Ihotele yaseRaffles kunye neSixeko sakusasa.
"Nawuphi na umbhali oye waba yinxalenye yesiko loncwadi olutyebileyo lukaRaffles uzibona enethamsanqa lokulandela umgca owahlukileyo," utshilo uPico Iyer, "Kwincwadi yam, ndibuze umbuzo ukuba kukho nayiphi na ihotele edityaniswe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa. isixeko esiyijikelezileyo njengeRaffles. Inyani ihleli kukuba awunakutsho ngenene ukuba ukhe waya e-Singapore de ugqithe kwiipaseji zeRaffles Hotel. Ndavuya kakhulu kuba ndachitha ixesha nabantu abaninzi abazisa ihotele kwinkulungwane entsha. "
